AT&T Bell Laboratories has opened an 800-strong unit in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania to concentrate on photonic products at its Solid State Technology Center: it will develop electronic and photonic devices for telecommunications – laser transmitters and receivers for the second transatlantic fibre optic cable set for 1991; photonic components for systems to carry high-bandwidth services into homes, and work on very fast optical switches for lightwave communications.
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